Computers in Education: New Developments in e-Learning Technology

The huge impact of computers on modern society is widely acknowledged as computers appear in almost every aspect of our lives. Nowadays, for instance, databases store critical information related to financial or health systems, and common activities such as turning the lights on at home or using public transportation depend on computers that control processes which remain hidden to the users. Moreover, the Internet’s repercussion in the world is driving the efforts of companies and institutions, which try to offer added value services while fostering other aspects such as content accessibility or ubiquity (e.g., by the seamless integration of mobile devices). Also more companies are providing new support for building the so called cybersociety – e-mail accounts, blog services, social bookmarking… – or even cyberdemocracy. Hence elearning, or cybereducation, is commonly recognized as a powerful technology to offer new educational services and also to support and complement more traditional educational approaches.